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SirGlenn t1_j807p3l wrote

Reply to comment by letmeseesubreddits in TIFU by spending the night at my boyfriend’s by [deleted]

My parents would send us out to play after dinner, with a "be home by 7" type of warning, for every minute we were late, 2 minutes were deducted from our play time for the rest of the summer, if you were late 30 minutes, deduct one hour from play time the rest of the summer) We were not allowed to have a watch. (parents were German, and drunk, you will have no fun! Achtung!)

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Fatigue-Error t1_j809v9o wrote

Were you supposed to just know the time automatically?

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Avidite t1_j80cvvq wrote

I had a similar thing when growing up. Mostly it was "When the streetlights come on, it's time to come home." Typically that would be around 7-8.

If it was a specific time, we (my brothers and I) would periodically ask for the time from one of our neighbors or when one of our friends went inside.

This was a time before everyone had cellphones.

I would guess they had to do similar things.

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TarnishedThrowaway20 t1_j80gomb wrote

You didn’t go spent the night at your friend’s house without letting your parents know.

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the_ringmasta t1_j80izzy wrote

OP said in the post that she did tell her parent and got explicit prior approval.

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TarnishedThrowaway20 t1_j80lnet wrote

Her grandparents have custody of her. Not her mom. Her mom is a recovering addict. Courts don’t strip away custody on a whim.

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RandomHavoc123 t1_j80mutn wrote

No, her mother has legal custody of OP. For God's sake read the post before commenting incorrect information. TIFU by spending the night at my boyfriend’s

>EDIT #2: one more time to say that although my grandparents are filed as legal guardians as my mom is still working through her rehab, MY MOTHER HAS LEGAL CUSTODY OVER ME. what my mom said should have been enough. she is not damaged goods because she is battling herself, im so proud of her for being clean for so long now and i love her. my grandparents have done things like this to everyone in my family and that is why none of my siblings are here anymore.

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TarnishedThrowaway20 t1_j80n8f5 wrote

In the first set of edits, OP says her grandparents are her legal guardians. Later she says her mother has legal custody. I’m not sure what to believe. For God’s sake, read the original post before commenting incorrect information.

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